Pensacola, FL – The U.S. Marshals Florida
Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested a man today who is wanted on multiple
assault and battery charges where he allegedly tried to strangle the victim
several times while continuously beating her. 26 year-old Foster Jermall
Gibbs - wanted by Escambia Sheriff’s Office - was arrested without incident
at a home on the 3700 Block of Theresa Street in Pensacola at about 1:15
p.m. Deputy Marshals along with Task Force Officers from Escambia and
Okaloosa Sheriff’s Offices, and a K9 Task Force Officer from Pensacola
Police Department were assisted by Escambia Patrol deputies. The warrant
charges Gibbs with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Aggravated
Battery Using a Deadly Weapon, Battery or Domestic Battery by Strangulation,
Burglary with Assault or Battery and Property Damage – Criminal Mischief.

According to police reports, the 6’ 1”, 240 lb. Gibbs, kicked in the front
door of the victim’s house around 1 a.m. on the 24th of last month and
attacked the victim while she was in bed. He pulled her hair then “began
grabbing her around the throat, placing his hand around her mouth and nose
so she was unable to breathe”. The victim tried to run away several times
but each time he caught her. One time he grabbed her by the hair again and
then “got on top of her and began striking her with both closed and opened
fists, striking her in the face and the back of the head,” The report also
states that he kicked her and grabbed a knife from the kitchen and
threatened to kill her. Instead, he grabbed something off a dresser and
struck her in the head. The victim tried to scream for help but he allegedly
put his hand around her throat and started kicking and striking her. At one
point, Gibbs supposedly used a piece of the broken door frame and struck the
victim before she finally escaped. The report also indicates that the
victim’s children were home during the attack. Gibbs was brought to Escambia
Jail.

“Because of the extreme threat of violence he posed to the community we made
him public enemy #1 until we tracked him down and locked him up,” said
Supervisory Inspector Ross Hebert with the Task Force.